Bowel cancer screening in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1385, 2013, Pages 89-90

  Cox, Brian ^a   Sneyd, Mary Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLONOSCOPY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; LETTER; NEW ZEALAND; RISK REDUCTION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

CARCINOMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS;

EID: 84887155259     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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